Mr. Amyot is accused of stealing several tons of metal rail-related items from an unnamed business in the Norwood area sometime in August.

St. Lawrence County Sheriff Kevin M. Wells said the items, which were related to track maintenance, were valued at about $20,000, although Mr. Amyot was able to sell the goods for only a fraction of that amount, perhaps a couple thousand.

Deputies said Mr. Amyot then fled to Florida, where he was captured Jan. 5 and charged with being a fugitive from justice.

Mr. Amyot was charged in Potsdam with third-degree grand larceny, a class D felony, and arraigned before Norfolk Town Justice George C. Grubee. He was sent to St. Lawrence County jail, Canton, in lieu of $10,000 bail or $15,000 bond.

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